I'm a Mad Dog

I’m a Mad Dog didn’t offer much in terms of a unique means of telling a story but it had such shock value that I had to write about it. It is one of those stories where at the end you just want to go, “What the fuck?” Just the way it progresses is amazing, this kid goes and steals a gift for his sister and then runs for it and hides out at a train depot, until he decides it is a good idea to steal a car and run for it. That moment right there was just a shock to me, like how could this kid just decide to go all out from shoplifting to grand theft auto? Then just when you think you have somewhat of a handle on things and you just have no idea what this kid is thinking, you get hit with even more, there is a baby in the back seat. Suddenly you find yourself just wanting the kid to turn around and turn himself in, not for his sake but for that of the baby who he has basically kidnapped from his parents. Worry then turns into a sense of anger when this kid not only stops in a snowstorm but gets out of the car and leaves the baby in the car, yea I get it was windy and snowing but leaving the kid is just damn irresponsible. The ride that the author takes the reader on is fast paced and intense and the emotions expressed by the reader are met by the indifference of the character who doesn’t seem to have any feeling about the matter but is just there explaining what is going on. Like the moment when the toucan smashes into the pursuing police car, the speaker is just explaining it with almost a sense of joy and wonderment while I as the reader am appalled and wondering what effect it will have on the officers in the vehicle and if it will lead to injury. It also ends any reason for the speaker to run because he has lost the thing that started him along this journey that ultimately ends him up in jail. All in all the content of the story and the plot made it quite fun and unique to read and more than made up for the lack of uniqueness in the style.